Happy Publication Day: CLEVER AS A FOX by Sonja Yoerg

Oct 31, 2017

Long before Tall Poppy Writer Sonja Yoerg tried her hand at fiction, she was an animal behaviorist who studied learning in blue jays, was a nursemaid to spotted hyena cubs, and bred endangered kangaroo rats. ​Whatever critter she was watching, the main question was how do animals use learning to solve problems of survival.

​That question led to a close look at the question of animal intelligence, and the book, Clever as a Fox, first published by Bloomsbury USA in 2001, and now re-released in a new edition.

​Clever as a Fox ​is an intellectual history of the study of ​how we decide which animals are smarter than others. It’s filled with fascinating stories, including ​Sonja’s own research ​in the field of animal cognition.